Earlier this week I was emailed a press release from someone who I believe was an amateur musician letting me know about his September 11 tribute rock song. That, and this Regretsy post signify the amount of media dreck out there about honoring September 11.

This weekend my husband and I went out with my friend Sarah to celebrate her husband Keith’s birthday. Naturally, when the cake was brought out, we all felt that inevitable inclination to sing.

Look, I like Kit-Kats, you like Kit-Kats, we all like Kit-Kats. There’s no secret as to what’s great about them--chocolate plus krispies. Boom.

Hey! If you want to see someone ask me questions, they selected me as the Crush of the Month over at the Sun-Times. Of course I got a short month.

This is a piece I posted over at the Awl last week:Recently, several GOP presidential candidates have been quite vocal with their opinions on evolution vs. intelligent design.

Lake Geneva Speedboat (Fabulous sunny mansion-watching/Eventually ended)Lake Geneva Kayak (Enjoyed the lake and got some exercise/Wasn’t a speedboat)Kayak (Quality time with my dad exploring the Chicago River/Saw a floating dead rat and later got a rash)Red Witch Tall Ship (Saw the Navy Pier firewor